Yellow Submarine

The 4-cilinder sounds particularly nasty at low revs... My friend has a 718 Boxster.

To be honest, I am not a great fan of "loud" exhausts. I see a lot of youtube stuff with ridiculous amounts of cracks and pops. The 981 GT4 was tiresome after more than a hour (I hired one for 24 hours and did 1000 km with it). Hence I am not so sure the 718 Spyder will be to silent fo my liking. But I reckon the recent GT3 engine is the ultimate sound machine. We will see! And hear...

Riz

Are there any videos or sound clips of the new gt4 without the gpf? Every road test so far has been with the gpf as far as I know.

spyderphile

Repeating the post from 981 GT4 forum:

I've reached out to my Service Adviser to get some clarity, since we've had a few 992s received. Here is the exchange:

My question:
now that you have got a few 992s on the ground, would you be able to check with your techs and confirm if they have Particulate Filter (PF)?

His response:
They do not. It is Canada spec for those exhaust PF.

follow-up question:
are you saying US-spec cars don't have PF, but Canadian cars do? if so, what kind of device they have in place of PF?

His response:
That is correct. We just have pipe in its place. Think of it like the Diesel exhaust systems in the US that has a PF inline. Ours is just without it.


So, 992s don't have it. Chances are, GT4/Spyder wouldn't have either. Sounds like (pun unintended!), not even an inert device. So, we should be good then. However, it is odd that we never seemed to have heard a single US-spec car! Is it because Porsche tries too hard to soften blow to the markets that receive PF? We'll know in a few months.

911F1

^The_Rider. Thanks for taking the time to look into this. I hope everything your SA said is correct.
I was a bit worried that the 718 GT4 won't sound the part. The car will be at the LA auto show.
Maybe I can get on the ground and take a look. If its a US spec car. How will I know? Vin ,maybe?

kart125

US and Canadian bound vehicles have a square license plate cutout as opposed to a rectangular one. Also they have orange side markers as opposed to white in Europe.

So from what I understand GPF in Canada and no GPF in US? weird! Arent California Emissions rules stricter than Canadian ones?

PierreTT

This is not what I was told.
No GPF for Canada & US markets.

iliveoncaffiene

Not sure if this matters at all, but here's one of the first underbody pictures I've seen: this is from a 718 spyder (in the UK):

JCR-Porsche

We’re starting to release our 718 GT4 / Spyder exhaust products from the end of this week starting with our Titanium Valved Rear Silencer replacement

We will be releasing a lot of products for this platform and I’ll be sure to start a dedicated thread as soon as we release

We already have the OPF delete taken care of, we’re the first and only to offer products for the new OPF GT3 RS / Speedster so we’re ahead of the curve on these new cars

Any / All Questions welcomed but in the mean time here’s a sneak peek!





JC

MEM82

Saw your post on Instagram the other day. Very exciting indeed. I love the sound you guys are able to produce for the gt3! If the gt4 sounds remotely close, then wow.

docfink

ouch

JCR-Porsche

Put it this way, I'm looking forward to sharing the videos!

JC

kennypowers

great news can’t wait. hopefully it’s not too expensive.

i have an allocation and my biggest concern coming from a 991.1 gts is the sound. Not sold on the stock sound of the euro cars.

hopefully between the lack of opf and your product the car can sound like it should!

abarthguy

I don't have to get an aftermarket exhaust to even HEAR any motor sounds while hooning about on B roads!! And many here actually LIKE the 4T sounds!

electron mike

Nice! I'm in for something that sounds nasty and is made of titanium for the US version.

JAhmed

Also really looking forward to this... will likely be the first thing I change on my incoming car!!!